Officials say NAIA flight disruptions due to outdated system, over P13 billion needed for upgrade

The air traffic system of NAIA is outdated and would require over P13 billion for upgrade, transport officials said, on the heels of the New Year's Day flight disruptions that affected tens of thousands of passengers. | via philstarlife

Passengers crowd the departure lobby inside the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3. air traffic system of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport is outdated and would require over P13 billion for upgrade, transport officials said, on the heels of theIn a press briefing late Jan.

Bautista said the country's CNS/ATM cost P13 billion and was completed with the help of the Japan International Cooperation Agency. But five years later, he believes it should be much more expensive already. “The primary cause identified was a problem with the power supply and the degraded uninterrupted power supply, which had no link to the commercial power, and had to be connected to the other manually," Bautista said in an earlier statement."The secondary problem was the power surge due to the power outage, which affected the equipment."

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